Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd v Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd [2017] NSWSC 541

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd v Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd [2017] NSWSC 541 Hearing dates: 13 & 28 April 2017 Decision date: 05 May 2017 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Interlocutory injunction continued Catchwords: CONTRACT – consortium agreement – construction – performance bond – condition precedent to beneficiary's entitlement to call on bond – whether beneficiary agreed not to call on bond unless it was called on to pay bond given by it to head contractor – whether interlocutory injunction restraining beneficiary from calling on bond should be continued Cases Cited: Bachmann Pty Ltd v BHP Power New Zealand Ltd [1998] VSCA 40 Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd v Simon Engineering (Australia) Pty Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 451 Clough Engineering Ltd v Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd [2008] FCAFC 136; 249 ALR 458 CPB Contractors Pty Ltd v JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd [2017] WASC 112 EGL Management Services v Northern SEQ Distributor Retail Authority [2011] NSWSC 1234 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640; HCA 7 Lucas Stewart Pty Ltd v Hemmes Hermitage Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 283 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104; HCA 37 RCR O'Donnell Griffin Pty Ltd v Forge Group Power Pty Ltd (in liq) [2016] QCA 214 Re Golden Key Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 636 Simic v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2016] HCA 47 Sugar Australia Pty Ltd v Lend Lease Services Pty Ltd [2015] VSCA 98 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd (Plaintiff/Applicant) Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (Defendant/Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Robertson (Plaintiff/Applicant) M Christie SC with N Simpson (Defendant/Respondent)